IBE Honors Program students gathered on Ohio State's campus

Fisher College of Business · College of Engineering

Welcome to IBE

The Ohio State University's premier interdisciplinary academic program

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Program by the Numbers

3.8

Average GPA

Average ACT

100%

Job Placement

$96k

Avg. Starting Salary

Who Are We?

The Integrated Business and Engineering (IBE) Honors Program is a challenging four-year program designed to help prepare the next generation of business and technology leaders to operate effectively across business and technical domains, and to learn an innovative approach to problem solving.

The Need

An increasingly interconnected global economy creates collaborative opportunities and competitive pressures for U.S. companies, generating the need for broadly educated engineers and business professionals. Ohio State's IBE program equips graduates to meet these challenges head on.

The Four-Year Journey

From move-in day to a sponsor-directed capstone, IBE is a single continuous arc — each year building on the last.

Year One

Build the Foundation

Seventy-two students from Fisher and the College of Engineering arrive as one class and move into the IBE learning community together. First Year Engineering (ENGR 1281H) pairs with the IBE Freshman Capstone (ENGR 1282H) — the Freshman Cornerstone Project — where the cohort tackles its first real design problem as a team.

IBE learning community
First Year Engineering & Freshman Capstone
Cohort traditions & socials

Year Two

Take On the Second Discipline

Engineers begin the business core and business majors begin engineering sciences — each earning the minor that makes IBE integrated. The Corporate Strategy Seminar (BUSMHR 2400H) grounds that new coursework in how real companies actually make decisions.

Corporate Strategy Seminar (BUSMHR 2400H)
Cross-disciplinary minor coursework
Peer & alumni mentorship

Year Three

Step Into Industry

The classroom opens outward. The Innovation Strategy Seminar (BUSMHR 3400H) turns toward new-venture strategy as students take on internships, network with corporate partners over industry lunches, and step into elected roles on the student leadership board.

Innovation Strategy Seminar (BUSMHR 3400H)
Internships & industry networking lunches
Student leadership board

Year Four

Deliver the Capstone

The year-long IBE Capstone (ENGR 5901H, ENGR 5902H) puts everything to work: seniors take on a sponsor-directed project guided by executives from the program's corporate partners, then graduate into a network with a 100% job placement record.